On Monday 15 July in Brussels, the European Union's Agriculture Ministers expressed divergent positions on the modalities of the post-2020 ‘green architecture’ of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Debates on the post-2020 CAP have been going round in circles since Agriculture Ministers waited to find out how much money the 2021-2027 EU budget would provide before taking a stand on the proposals for the future CAP.
In general, Ministers agree to increase the environmental and...